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March 3 (Reuters) - Aubrey McClendon, the oil and gas entrepreneur whose outsized ambition and high tolerance for risk made him a leading figure in the American energy revolution, died after crashing his car into a concrete wall on Wednesday in Oklahoma City.

BRASILIA, March 3 (Reuters) - Brazilian ruling party Senator Delcidio do Amaral has implicated President Dilma Rousseff and ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Petrobras graft scandal as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors, local media reported on Thursday.

ALGIERS, March 3 (Reuters) - Algeria's state energy company Sonatrach has awarded Japanese firm GJC a $339 million contract to help increase production at its largest oilfield in Hassi Messaoud, according to an internal Sonatrach document seen by Reuters on Thursday.

BARCELONA, March 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From fuel made out of waste in Uganda to healthy nut snacks in Nicaragua, small firms in developing countries will get direct links to international investors under a new scheme to help them expand and bring extra income to poor communities.

NEW YORK/HOUSTON, March 3 (Reuters) - Aubrey McClendon, the oil and gas entrepreneur whose outsized ambition and high tolerance for risk made him a leading figure in the American energy revolution, died after crashing his car into a concrete wall on Wednesday in Oklahoma City.

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said on Thursday they are reopening a proposal to boost fuel efficiency of medium and heavy duty trucks through 2027, asking for additional public comments on the planned toughening.

DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - No decision on the date or venue of a possible meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC producers has been made yet, a Gulf OPEC delegate said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, March 3 (Reuters) - Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft said on Thursday the Vankor-Purpe oil pipeline, a link for delivering crude to China, was damaged after a power failure and that the company would need about 24 hours to repair it.

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. exports of distillate fuel oil have been basically flat since 2013, ending years of strong growth, as U.S.

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